Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1526
May Sinclair: "The Dark Night (XVIII)"
2 min
1527
Ameen Rihani: "Gone with the Swallows"
2 min
1528
Loretta Diane Walker: "Imagining My Neighbor"
3 min
1529
Zeina Azzam: "Nine Spice Mix"
3 min
1530
Kirk Wilson: "Gifts"
3 min
1531
Samuel Hazo: "High, Higher, Highest"
3 min
1532
Robin Robertson: "On Time"
2 min
1533
Vita Sackville-West: from "The Land"
2 min
1534
Kahlil Gibran: from "Sand and Foam"
1 min
1535
Mohja Kahf: "​​The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es ...
2 min
1536
Guest Editor Interview: April 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1537
Brian Tierney: "We Dream the Dreams Dreaming Us"
3 min
1538
Tina Chang: "Lion"
2 min
1539
Farnaz Fatemi: "Farnaz"
5 min
1540
Mark Wunderlich: "My Local Dead"
4 min
1541
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Spring Has Many Sile...
2 min
1542
Angelina Weld Grimké: "At the Spring Dawn"
2 min
1543
Jameson Fitzpatrick: "Divorce Song"
3 min
1544
Dana Jaye Cadman: "Ghosts"
2 min
1545
Monica Ferrell: "In Safranbolu"
4 min
1546
Rio Cortez: "Black Lead in a Nancy Meyers Film"
3 min
1547
Victoria Redel: "The Pact"
3 min
1548
Djuna Barnes: "Pastoral"
3 min
1549
Gertrude Stein: "Much Later"
1 min
1550
Evan Gill Smith: "The Cow Speaks to the Child"
2 min